new theme – thoughts?
As promised, my new theme went live today. I’ve been working on it for the last few weeks so it’s nice to finally have it up and running.
michael jackson hard drives
I’m on the hunt for a portable hard drive and whilst browsing today i came across an official ‘michael jackson’ 500gb portable hard drive. My initial reaction was wtf?!
websites you hate but need
There are certain websites that drive me bonkers. Poor design, poor usability, not updated since forever, only campatible with IE6, flash only… you all have your own pet hates. That said, i *need* some of these same websites that i hate or i *have* to use them. The content and services they offer are useful or perhaps essential, but visiting the site is not a good experience… you don’t *want* to go to the site. It actually becomes hassle and a chore going to the site (for me anyway).
new theme goes live on wednesday
I could have waited a while, but i’m eager to get the new theme up and running as quick as possible. I think i’ll work harder once it goes live so it makes sense to put it live as early as possible.
the rise and fall of social networks
In february 2008, i posted this article about how i felt bebo was in decline despite growing rapidly and posting record stats at the time.
Quoting myself, “No doubt revenue is up and traffic is flying, but it’s short term gain for long term sacrafice. They are driving people like me away from bebo.” Looking back, i called it right. At the time i didn’t even mention myspace because in my eyes it had no future.
Look at the search trends below (using google insights) for bebo from from 2004 – present. Look at when they peaked… August 2008 (6 months after i published that ‘bebo has gone to hell’ post).
